I need help finding this pictured connector- name, type, terms associated with it, anything.
Female, PCB mounted connector:
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-P8Kr8t/i-3DTbjJW/Ahttps://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-P8Kr8t/i-3htB2wD/Ahttps://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-P8Kr8t/i-bfrzZVn/AThe best found picture of the whole cable:
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-P8Kr8t/i-bdbBpWn/ABackground:
So, I'm the owner of an old, DataRover 840. If you don't know what this is, it's a device that was a bit before it's time, and was conceived by some very young engineers who would later become giants in the tech industries. For more about that, I recommend the documentary "General Magic" on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07WP91W6W/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r. The DataRover 840 was their second and final, generation device.
My problem is that to install apps and transfer data to the device, you need to use a semi-proprietary cable, and nobody seems to have it. I suspect it was an optional cable but, I can't say for certain. In the last couple years of searching, I've only seen two images of the cable, from two different folks, and neither of them show the finer details of the connector. I've seen at least 30 of these devices sell on ebay in the past year, and only one had the cable.
I've found a patent that describes the purpose, function and design of the cable:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5675811. However, the patent most appropriately describes the first generation of the device which used a Honda connector (14-pin, D-Sub shape, slightly larger than a USB-C connector). The second gen device also uses the same number of pins but, they moved to a different form factor (pictured), I suspect for cost saving measures. I also suspect that just like their first gen device, they used an off-the shelf connector. The patent describes the design of the cable, including the pin assignments, and even the pinout for the honda connector.
Owning the DataRover, I've taken it apart to get as detailed pictures of the mystery connector as I could. I don't know how to describe this connector other than the housing is mostly rectangular-shaped with two slightly beveled corners, and two side-depressable latches. The female (pictured) connector housing (metal part) has an interior measurement of 5.3mm x 10.7mm) with 14pins, inside a female plastic insert, and a measured .893mm pitch. I've tried looking at every 14-pin connector on digikey and, Mouser, with no success. I'm hoping someone can either find this connector, or tell me terms I could use to improve the search.